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Bossuet (2  December  1791) Bossuet, Jacques BénigneDiscours sur l'histoire universelle a Monseigneur le Dauphin pour expliquer la suite de la religion et leur changemens des empires. Premiere partie, depuis le commencement du monde jusq' a l'empire de Charlemagne. Par messire Jacques Bénigne Bossuet. 1681
Translated as:
Bossuet, Jacques BénigneAn universal history, from the beginning of the world, to the empire of Charlemagne: by M. Bossuet. Translated from the thirteenth edition of the original, … by Mr. Elphinston. 4 volumes. 1748
Conjecture based on WG's interest in history at this time.
WG's sale catalog lists:
Bossuet, Discours sur l'Histoire Universelle, 2 v. Rouen, 1788.

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